PAST EVENTS

On Woman's day a virtual panel discussion with New York-based woman artists of Indian origin.

Panelists

SLOKA IYENGAR, performance artist

SEEMA LISA PANDYA, visual artist

Moderator
JAY MOORTHY, visual artist, designer and founder of Aksarā.

Children's Museum of Manhattan

The Tisch Building 212 West 83rd Street New York, NY 10024

Ages 3 & up

Learn about sustainable cultural practices in India through this workshop series. In this session we will be exploring Manjappai meaning yellow bag in Tamil and a sustainable practice in the State of Tamil Nadu.

A saree workshop was organized in celebration of the festival of Navaratri. The workshop was open to all age groups and this time around we had many self-identified women and a teenager! 

In this terracotta workshop families were facilitated to make Lord Ganesha idols after we had a brief discussion about the God and his significance in Indian culture.

We collaborated with NEXT.cc and Dattner Architects and organized a 2-hour cultural walk along the Hudson River Park. The walk is inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s famous Salt March during the Indian Independence Movement.

We collaborated with Asia Society Museum, NYC to organize an edutainment event that had a plethora of performances and creative activities for the whole family to partake in.

We celebrated the onset of spring and warm weather by being out in the park flying our colorful kites and thus throwing colors up in the sky. We also had creative activities to keep the whole family engaged including a live dhol musician and an interactive comedian.

We have been offering in-person and online kite-making workshops in Manhattan and in other States in the US. These workshops are in celebration of India's 75th year of Independence.

Diwali Studio 2 was an outdoor public workshop where we wanted everyone to contribute to the 40' x 12' Diwali chalk mural facilitated by our team members.

Diwali Studio 1 was an indoor family workshop where we wanted everyone both young and old to participate in a creative act by understanding the deeper meanings of the festival and various cultural symbols associated with it.

We have been offering in-person and online kite-making workshops in Manhattan and in other States in the US. These workshops are in celebration of India's 75th year of Independence.

We celebrated Indian Independence day in Hudson River Park by organizing a cricket workshop for adults and kids. Cricket is a sport of colonial British rule and no better way to think about our Independence by playing this sport!

We celebrated Holi by throwing colors in the sky with our kites. Adults and kids not only flew their kites but also got involved in a plethora of creative activities organized to think about spring, nature and the festival

We celebrated Indian Independence day in Central Park by learning to play cricket and fly kites. It was a family event well participated by both adults and kids.

We explored the intersection of words, sound, movement, and visual art through this online panel discussion with poets, visual artist and performers from India and the US.

We celebrated Holi by throwing colors in the sky with our kites in Riverside Park. We had both adults and kids participate in kite flying and enjoying the warm rays of Spring season